Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted December 4, 2022 #1 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I've noticed on most ships, they opt to skip labeling any decks as #13. I'm not superstitious (though I've been known to knock on wood - just because, lol), but this caught my eye on the Reflection last night as we left Tuscan Grille. There it was - a sign showing the way to the lifeboats, #13 included. So, if they're willing to skip labeling a deck as #13, do they think anyone would have an issue being told to board LIFEBOAT #13 ? !! I suppose, if it should come to that - any port (errr, lifeboat) in a storm ! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted December 4, 2022 #2 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said: I've noticed on most ships, they opt to skip labeling any decks as #13. I'm not superstitious (though I've been known to knock on wood - just because, lol), but this caught my eye on the Reflection last night as we left Tuscan Grille. There it was - a sign showing the way to the lifeboats, #13 included. So, if they're willing to skip labeling a deck as #13, do they think anyone would have an issue being told to board LIFEBOAT #13 ? !! I suppose, if it should come to that - any port (errr, lifeboat) in a storm ! Tom I would be ok with Lifeboat #13 if the cruise ship was sinking. On the other hand, I would not be ok with Emergency Parachute #13...... Edited December 4, 2022 by mahdnc 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted December 4, 2022 #3 Share Posted December 4, 2022 You guys are too funny! I would think the reason there is no deck 13 is that no one would book a cabin on it. Whereas with lifeboat #13, life would be in danger and no one thinking about options or superstitions. May we never have to use one except for tenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 4, 2022 #4 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I know this is a Celebrity forum but just FYI there is a Deck 13 on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WrittenOnYourHeart Posted December 4, 2022 #5 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Plenty of people are not superstitious and know worrying about numbers is a bunch of bunk and would have no issues with a deck or a lifeboat 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 4, 2022 #6 Share Posted December 4, 2022 MSC has deck 13 on their ships. But there is no deck 17, because that is their superstitious number. EM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covepointcruiser Posted December 4, 2022 #7 Share Posted December 4, 2022 On the QM2 now and we have a deck 13 and there are cabins, very nice ones, on that deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted December 4, 2022 Author #8 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just for clarification - I wasn't saying I had a problem with lifeboat #13, but rather an inconsistency with Celebrity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted December 4, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I can see where there might be some safety reason for having consecutive lifeboat numbers (so it might be out of their hands). I'd imagine that it's simpler if rescue personnel know that they have, in an emergency, located all the lifeboats from a ship, without having to worry about "Oh, this ship doesn't have a #13"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 4, 2022 #10 Share Posted December 4, 2022 2 hours ago, mahdnc said: I would be ok with Lifeboat #13 if the cruise ship was sinking. On the other hand, I would not be ok with Emergency Parachute #13...... If you're 13th in line, and there isn't a #14 or above... . . . . Of course, if that's the case, who is flying the plane?!?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTNORMANDIE Posted December 4, 2022 #11 Share Posted December 4, 2022 13 is my lucky number! They told me to beware of Friday the 13th. I told them it was the other 363 days I had to worry about😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted December 4, 2022 #12 Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, MamaFej said: If you're 13th in line, and there isn't a #14 or above... Maybe I would get my wife to trade with me ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 4, 2022 #13 Share Posted December 4, 2022 11 minutes ago, mahdnc said: Maybe I would get my wife to trade with me ….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted December 4, 2022 #14 Share Posted December 4, 2022 What are the odds you’re on both a sinking ship and sinking lifeboat? If you are, you need to survive so you can buy a lottery ticket 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 4, 2022 #15 Share Posted December 4, 2022 24 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said: What are the odds you’re on both a sinking ship and sinking lifeboat? If you are, you need to survive so you can buy a lottery ticket 🙃 Add in the plane from David's example above, and there's a joke to be made about an aircraft carrier, but I have too much of a headache to come up with it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted December 4, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 4, 2022 tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a noun extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom-n-Cheryl Posted December 5, 2022 Author #17 Share Posted December 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Bill Miller said: tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a noun extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen. THERE it is... RIGHT THERE: "dek" --- Deck Phobia 😉 Tom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 5, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said: THERE it is... RIGHT THERE: "dek" --- Deck Phobia 😉 Tom (In my best Paul Harvey voice) "And now you know... the rest of the story." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted December 5, 2022 #19 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, CGTNORMANDIE said: 13 is my lucky number! Mine too! Birth date of my DD...can't get any luckier than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted December 5, 2022 #20 Share Posted December 5, 2022 5 hours ago, TeaBag said: I would think the reason there is no deck 13 is that no one would book a cabin on it. I mean, there's still a deck 13 even if they opt to call it something else...but I get what you're saying. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 5, 2022 #21 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, CGTNORMANDIE said: 13 is my lucky number! They told me to beware of Friday the 13th. I told them it was the other 363 days I had to worry about😂 We have friends who got married on Friday the 13th. They paid about 40% of normal prices for the venue, catering, DJ, etc. They are pretty smart cookies, and it was a lovely wedding in May of 2005. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted December 5, 2022 #22 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Here’s a fascinating video on the worse lifeboat in the titanic…Spoiler alert, it was not lifeboat #13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted December 5, 2022 #23 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I decided earlier today that was my first choice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted December 5, 2022 #24 Share Posted December 5, 2022 4 hours ago, MamaFej said: We have friends who got married on Friday the 13th. They paid about 40% of normal prices for the venue, catering, DJ, etc. They are pretty smart cookies, and it was a lovely wedding in May of 2005. . Are they still together? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted December 5, 2022 #25 Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, mahdnc said: Are they still together? Thay are, with two lovely children. Scratch that. With one lovely child, and one who has the potential to become lovely again, after he gets this through this %(&^ phase. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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